“AND YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE 1|
VOL. XXXIX.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, JANUARY 18, 1917.
NO. 2
FIRST TO BUILD GOOD ROADS
their majesties, but many million?
I Richmond
Ya.: Mrs
Esther
have lost their lives for JWood, of Greensboro, and Mrs.
The loss of men, the des 'Martha Williams of Warsaw N
more
TO
what? The loss of men,
, -*A
Sees Good Taste.
and the assassin of the Crowr
Prince should have been killed ip
just the same way that he killed
ddie Alexander, Mrs. Burwell
nd Mrs. Howell (her mother) of
aleigh; Mrs. Lucile White of
McAdam, by His Invention and Work,
Did Much to Advance the Pros
perity of England,
' Entered at the Post-Office at
Charlotte, N. Q.> as second class
matter. ..;0
No Liger Are They Popular Among
^ f Tjcans Who Claiin to Pos-
TH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE.”— John viii, 32.
“WHY I WISH.MY SON
BE A MINISTER.”
Logically, this would be the
wrong title for this article if my
_ Own experience were to determine
my wish for my boy.
My experience has been this.
After graduating from a promi
nent non-denominational semi
nary, I became- pastor of a chinch,
and a '‘council” was called to ex-
amine me
otoinatic^
my d^
clie^®
preliminary to possible
i The.stage was set for
111; for had I not stu-
I particular seminary,
lot cast reflection upon
p y a m in i n g
■the - ministers—
r association by inviting ■ three
1 friends to share in the ordination
programme if it should be decided
to have the ordination? Suffice it
to say that only the presence of
two of the three friends prevent
ed my ministerial decapitation.
Defeated in this-plan, the minis
ters bided their time until I de
sired a change of pastorate. In
the meantime all of them haa
gone to other fields. From.church
after church came the. reply to
m self, as w 1 as to those who
tried to gain a “hearing” for me,
that these ministers had kept
track of me and were poisoning
the minds of the people. There
fore “hearings” were denied me
in some churches and-action fav-
' enable to callingtoe to the pastor-
ato in two churches was defeatec
Ay these men Their activity
tceased temporarily, when the wore
■Cached them that a repetition of
neir work would be visited with
"evidence of “righteous indigna-
nd I became pastor of a
could not have been
ponces of the past will not be re-
pealed It 'was with a mingled
feeling of wonder, amusement,
and admiration that a while ago
the writer had a minister friend
tell him he had just been looking
up in Dun and Bradstreet the fi
nancial standing of the men of a
certain church of which he had
been invited to become pastor
Sensible man! And if ministers
would always investigate in any
community the financial habits
and standing of a church, the
churches would soon be known for
their businesslike methods, and
the pastors would not have their
own financial reputation endan
gered' except through their own
lack of care.
Then, as now and as heretofore,
the “workman that needeth not
Lto be ashamed” will be respected
tai^®BM|^^^^^^£^mu’ZLi t i p s
But he will have to have superior
mentality along scholastic and
theological lines and be a leader
or up with the leaders among the
people.
If my boy cannot be such a man,
it will be unwise for him to enter
the ministry. If he “has the mak
ing” of such a man, I wish for
him the greatest opportunity of
life-that of Christian ambassa
dorship. And I wish him to use
the pulpit rather than any other
way as the channel- for fulfilling
that ambassadorship. My own
experierice has not ‘soured me
in regard to the work of the min
istry, even if I must shortly take
up other work t, “make both ends
meet.”—A Mi aster, In The Out
look.
GOD’S PROVIDENCE IN WAR.
population of the countries, the
improvement of death -dealing,
warlike instruments, the sure ruir.
of the morality of the nations;
God uses Tarshish to punish Go
mer and a l his band. He wil
use the Central Powerdx^jg
the cruelty of ti^gg^ho®
the hands and>feet of the Africa
aid the hjEntente to pu®
these powers He will esusel
Entente f^Know that victory^]
come onlfy through Him, and®
only “ifighteousness exalte®
nation.”# ®
That thAis war was pre-det®
ed is evident from a book®
Martha Williams, of Warsaw, N.
C.
j The deceased leaves to mourn
j their loss a husband, mother and
(two children,
J. A. C.
BY REV. R. MAYERS, S. T. D.
WS GO OUT OF FASHION
Germanwrijich 1 bought (I
Kansas; t®
entente po^ er3 .were ^vo
war is equally evident fro/ m
ation. /
lack of prepay
But war hal
It fills pages o
great names 1
elates the ene
its useful
urp
^it gi
tion.
churi
scad
foJ|
/
Providence has orda ned that
nation shall punish nation. To
eir kind. But this this end, Gog, Magog, Gomer, and
Nation and the at- all his band are mentioned in the
freedom of 38th chapter of: Ezekiel as going
i^ression con- to. fight sorn
bl
f
shish
ons from Tar ¬
shins to bring
brings gold, wine^B
successful countries
Englishmen and Frenchmen pray!
it frees nations and it carries out
God’s purposes in the coming conf
flicts on the soil of Palestine. 4
So far as the fulfillment is cart
cerned, God’s purposes are sure!
so far as the justice of the watt
belligerents is concerned vae vict
tis; for might makes right. Ho l
necessary, then, is it that each n£
tion should be strong! Howi®
portant that each should hy®|
best weanons! But Gode^^H
one sinful nation and n^.^ W
other topunishit!
The most remarkable thiaO
this punishment is, that if
cept eastern Prussia. Ge®
has gone unscathed; while®
except the Zeppelin raids®
land has gone unpunishe®
Death has had a stingy oi®
has bad his victory ®j®®
ir^MbSORO PAPER’S TRIBUTE.
j All Goldsboro, white and colored
(alike, by whom he. is equally es-
Iteemed, will deeply sympathize
’ with R. Ed. Williams, colored rail
way mail clerk between this city
and Beaufort, in the unexpected
death of his beloved wife, which
occurred last night at their own
home on Elm Street west. Their
home life was a model to the com
munity and their influence has
been most helpful to others of
their people, so that her untimely
death will be deeply deplored as a
positive loss. The funeral will be
held
church
from Shiloh
irrow
i^wsycerian
morning at
11 o’clock.—Goldsboro Daily Ar-
Jan 4.
THE CliURCH AND SCHOOL
WORK AT STATESVILLE,
N. C.
Mr.
Editor:—Please allow
enough space for a few lines from
the Second Presbyterian church
of Statesville.
i Every part of our church is do-
B^vell. We have neither debt
^strife to hinder us in church
Work. The progressive part of
Re church is affected by four
The Inventor of -macadamized roads
was John Loudon McAdam and few
inventors ever gave their name more
currency than he did by his good roads
invention. He was born in Scotland in
1756 and came pretty near becoming
an American, for he came to New
York In 1770 and remained there In
the employ of an uncle 13 years. Re
turning to England in 1783 he took up
the study of road-making and from
that time on it was his life work. He
was the father of good roads in Eng
land. Macaulay, in his history of
England, has a chapter on the bad
roads of that period in which he says,
“On the best lines of communication
the ruts were deep, the descents were
precipitous and the way often such as
it was hardly possible to distinguish.
It happened, almost every day, that
coaches stuck fast, until a team of cat
tle could be procured from sory? jy*gn~*
boringfarin^u^g-*^^ the
esfrffgm”McAdam’is views in regard
to road-making, especially in regard to
the use pf broken stone, were finally
adopted by the authorities and in 1827
he was appointed surveyor general of
roads in Great Britain. Parliament
voted him $50,000 for his services and
offered him knighthood and a title, but
he declined them. He died in 1836 in
his eighty-first year. A biographer
says: “McAdam’s efforts largely con
tributed to produce that network of
mall coach communication in England
which, for some years before railways
were introduced, greatly advanced the
nation's prosperity and prepared the
way for the railway system.” His sys
tem was adopted in the construction of
the old national road in this country.
invited to a gathering In
whose W^y 0b j ect we are much
terested. >ut the feur program
^^n ^ 00d wlU - for everybody
L l ’ exception, is an “Hon.’'
two “Hon” is a “ Gen '” There ^
dozen of “Ho/XL ^
This is fore,?^ na 5
be a decade beh^® P™*^ »I8
ant persona can ft® t ! me6 ' Otoerv-
notice that, of lat^* T
any pretensions WIt ^
“Cols.” instead of "Cr^T t ar ®
campaign nearly eve' . a J e a8t
for an office whose juri 0 ran ,
a county’s boundaries'^ ®
with the trilling except. ? '
of the mere citizens who
for president oL-i-teAAfte''''^^^
^LS-^aTFwerens much ^ es "
his distinguished yredecesf’P'® M
doubtedly all of us who look ’
common lot would be “Profs."® *
We can remember when th.
marshal was always an “Hoff^
print; and the profound oriental it
ar who conducts the laundry In ’
next block informs us that in the Ba
a gentleman speaks of his friend's hon
orable horse or honorable shirt. But
in this portion of the occident the title
is no longer in favor among gentlemen
of taste, the Saturday Evening Post
asserts.
On principle we do nothing to en
courage the spread of new styles, for
they are more expensive. We make
an exception in this case, because Jt,
costs no more to be a “Col.” than W
"Hon.”
J^
NAMES HIS PET AVERSIONS
main lines,
societies of
These lines are two
women—Church Aid
[id the Missionary; the Sunday
jhool and the Singing Club.
Lese two societies were organ-
Bl by the writer about two years
B He is a member of each one
■e-President of one. The
Aid Society meets. Thurs-
■Leachweek, Dy; Missionary
Physician Pretty Well Covers Every
thing In Making the Following
Fervent Prayer.
Doctors, It appears, do sometimes re-
sort to prayer, according to the Medi
cal Times. But, since such communica
tions are usually strictly confidential
in character, they art seldom recorded
.(here below, at leatol although they j
POSITION AN IMPORTANT ONE,
Head of Prefecture In Franc# 1# ■
Man of Considerable Power W , ,
the Community, st'
The war has taught us something of
the local government of France, but;
mistakes frequently appear fa the
press. For Instance, it is Incorrect to
refer to the mayor of Verdun, who has.
Just been decorated for his bravery In
remaining aO^yoosE as Jhaprefect^